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CVE-2022-0590: BulletProof Security < 5.8 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-03-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The BulletProof Security WordPress plugin before 5.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Affected products

• BulletProof Security: before 5.8 — fixed in 5.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: BulletProof Security 5.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/08b66b69-3c69-4a1e-9c0a-5697e31bc04e
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/08b66b69-3c69-4a1e-9c0a-5697e31bc04e

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